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Negotiations with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., are in the works and a visit from Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, is also on the horizon...
...seems clear that Joe Lieberman is not going to win this nomination. He has pulled out of Iowa. He has dropped to the bottom of the plausible contenders in the New Hampshire polls. His lone hope is to catch fire as the alternative to Howard Dean in the second wave of primaries--in states like South Carolina, Arizona and Oklahoma, where moderate voters abide--but John Edwards and perhaps Wesley Clark seem more likely candidates for that role. Still, Lieberman's candidacy has instructional value on two grounds: his courage has made plain the cowardice of his opponents...
...Lieberman has been booed more frequently than any of his opponents this year, which is a badge of honor in these days of furiously massaged political messages. He has supported free trade and school vouchers, and he has excoriated Hollywood for its excesses. Leave aside the wisdom of these positions; his willingness to take them stands in stark relief to, say, the candidacy of John Kerry, who has claimed "courage" as his theme and managed to take not a single inconvenient or unfudged position on any issue in this campaign. It also stands in contrast to Dean's furious backpedaling...
Dean's campaign, however feckless, has a freshness that Lieberman's lacks--it's the most energetic Democratic candidacy since Bill Clinton's in 1992. But Clinton's freshness came in part from an attache case of new ideas provided by creative policy thinkers from the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). Lieberman is the DLC candidate this time; he has offered solid policy proposals but nothing really compelling, which may reflect the emptiness of the New Democratic cupboard. The DLC has succumbed to a sadly familiar political disease: a reliance on polling rather than thinking. Last year DLC chairman Senator Evan...
...Lieberman would never say anything so crass. His support for the war is a matter of principle, as is every other position he has taken in this campaign--and so there is no joy in watching his dignified slide toward the back of the pack. At St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., last week, a student asked Lieberman about his greatest personal success and failure. I've seen politicians for many years answer such questions with incandescently phony candor. Lieberman, embarrassed, said, "Let me think for a minute." He began a standard biographical spiel. "I haven't forgotten your question...